Chicken-waterer.



J. VORBAA CHICKEN WATERER.

APPLICATION man SEPT. 1x. 191 z.

1 Lgm., .Papent Feb. 5,1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

)Patented Fein., 5, Militia.,

Application filed September il, lll Serial lilo. 190,783.

a proper support for the 'water container,'

and in connection. therewith to provide a watercontainer liavingtlie form of a eylin drical tank or bucket, adapted to rest upon said support and to lield against rotation tliereon, and having its parts so arranged that a trough is formed at its lower forward end and so that the tank may be (niiclrly and easily removed and stood on one end for convenience in filling.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, ar-

rangement and combination of the various l parts of the device, 'whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, vpointed out in my claim, and illustrated 4in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l shows a front elevation ci a chicken waterer embodying my invention.

Figi. 2 snows a side eievaticn ot' the same, part of the base or supporting member loeing 4broken away., v

Fig. 3 shove a detail, sectional view, talren on tlie line 3--3 of Fig l., and

Fig. .fl shows a front elevation oi tlie tanlr removed from the leasea l'n the illustration of my invention sliown in. 'the accompanying drawings, l have used tliereference numeral l() to indicate genen ally tlie front wall oi the base or supporting member of my improved chicken watcrerz tlie base leas the l/ottom li, the rear ,wall similar to the wall l0, and side walls i@ connectcd with the loottom and end walls and extending upwardly' and inwardly town eacli otller, as illustrated in Figs, l. and i" The 'iront wail 'l0 is provided neer its per edge and also near its lower w tn piuralities et openings 13 for ventilation,

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,are einiiloyed The frontend rear walls are formed with their upper edges curved. at 11i to tit the cylindrical tank hereinafter described.

There is provided as a part of my iniproved chicken waterer a, cylindrical tank or bucket .member l5, having at one end' a, bottom and having its other end open except that at the lower portion of the tank` l5 at its open end there is a narrow wall 17 extending across t'ne tank from side to side and forming a trough at the bottom of the front oi tlie tank l5. Near its forward open end the tank l5 is provided with a partition i8 arranged parallel with the bottom 16 and extending across the tank l5 to position spaced from but overlapping the member li', as illustrated in Fig. l. Thus it will be seen tljat there is formed in the lower front part i t" die tank a trough i9 into which the lov-fer edge oi' the partition 18 extends for forming a, water f Secured to the upper portion of the tenir l5 is an. ordinary bail handle 20, and secured to the outside of the wall of the tank l5 on the upper side thereof near thefreer end ot' tlie tank, is apivoted handle 21.

Secured to the lower part oi the tank l5 is a pair ot supporting members, eacli comu prising opposite, spaced, :parallel downwardly extending arms 22 connected at their' .lower ends by a transverse bar 23 which preferably engages the bottom of the tank i5., as illustrated in Fig. lu u Lillie supporting members just described serre a d uiiie function. They are arranged to in; just inside the side walls l2 oi? the ,ase of the device and to hold the cylindricaltanirfrom rotation when it is support-ed on tlie base, and are also adapted to serve means for firmly sinjnoorting,r the tenir. on the ground if it is @sind to use the tank alone (for instance, in summer) 'wib iont the base,

liil'itiiin tlie iiase l use a heating' element SM which may be oi" any suitable construetion.

ztieai use oli my improved crei', wliere tlxe device is used ng' cold weatliezf and the oase and tank together, the tank: 15 is removed from oase and placed inposition on tlic bottom or rear end member l. Water may lie poured on to'tlie partition il?, the part the well of the tenir tlie lll() above the partition 18 forms -flange for preventing water from splashing out. The water will fiow downwardly freely through .the trough 19.

The heating element 24 is' lighted and placed in the base, and thereupon the tank is` grasped by the handles 20 and 21 and tilted Y to the position shown in Fig. 2, and is placed on the base with the supporting members within the base and with the members 22 engaging or resting adjacent to the upper edges of the walls 12.

f It will be noted that the shape of the tank 15 is such that it can be made at a very low price. In this connection attention is called to the fact that the cylindrical tank can be made of ordinary tin or sheet metal cheaper than an ordinary tank.

On account of the use of the supporting members, the tank may be rested on the base and held against rotation thereon by the use during cold weather' when it is desired to heat. the water for the chickens.

Some changes may bel made in the construction and arrangement of the' various parts of my improved chicken waterer without departing from the essential features' and principles of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my present application, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which maybe reasonably included within the scope of' my claim.

l claim as my invention:

-A waterer comprising a hollow hase, having side and end walls, the side vills being inclined from their lower edges upwardly and toward each other, said end walls being curved to receive and support a tubular tank, a tubular tank resting` upon the curved end walls of said base having supporting members thereon adapted to engage the side walls of said base for preventing rotation Aof the tank, and adapted also to support the tank on a flat surface, said tank having a trough at its forward end, a partition extendingl downwardly to position below the upper edge of said trough, and a heater in.

said base.

Des Moines, Iowa, August 31, 1917.

.JOSEPH VORBA 

